A quitclaim deed is a legal document that transfers ownership of a real estate property from one party to another. A quitclaim deed doesn't guarantee that the grantor or signer has any right to the ...

Q: I have read many articles from you concerning quitclaim deeds. I have a very specific question related to it. Does the IRS say the grantor is giving a gift to the grantees when someone records a ...

A warranty deed, as its name suggests, comes with warranties. The person or persons transferring the property, whether it’s being bought as a residence or as an investment guarantee they own it and ...

The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning in April about an unprecedented increase in quitclaim deed fraud. A quitclaim deed is a legal document that transfers ...

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Q: My wife and I, along with my brother and his wife, bought a vacation home in 2010. Each couple took half. The home is in California, and the four of us are Canadian. The title for the home in ...

Quit using quitclaim deeds. These little gems are the bane of title insurance companies and lawyers everywhere. A quitclaim deed is a document where the grantor uses words such as “remise, release and ...

Question: I have another question about quitclaim deeds. I’ve read your columns in the past where you talked about a fiance wanting to file a quitclaim deed to separate himself from his future wife’s ...

Question: My husband and I bought a house together last year before we got married. We just got married this month. Do I have to file a quitclaim deed for my name change only? Question: I was recently ...

A quitclaim deed, sometimes referred to as a non-warranty deed, is a document used to transfer interest in a property. Common terms utilized alongside quitclaim deeds are “grantor” and “grantee.” In ...

What is a quitclaim deed? It's a legal document that transfers any ownership claim, interest, right or title a person or entity may have in a property to someone else. In effect, it releases (or quits ...